[bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
- From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:18:58 -0500
Absolutely. So one examines one's options. One examines the benefits of
the Book Port: clock and alarms; longer battery life; can already handle
BRF and Word files while any such support, if it happens, will exist in
the future for the Stream; APH's support is legendary; can currently
handle Audible files, though support in the Stream has been promised.
these are the ones that hit me off the top of my head. Then we look at
the advantages of the Stream: smaller; officialy supports 8GB cards;
plays OGG Vorbis files; offers speeding up of playback on the fly;
better recording capability; uses a somewhat simpler keyboard layout and
includes key describer; can be AC powered; uses USB 2; all supported
file types can be transfered directly to SD card usinc card reader;
supports such devices as memory sticks and external hard drives; comes
with case, belt clip on case and not on unit; is at beginning of
development cycle, while current Book Port is at the end. Those are the
ones that occur to me offhand. Two different units, just decide on an
individual basis which set of benefits is more important to you.
Competition is a good thing.
Bruce
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:05:19 -0500, "David Tanner"
<david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Well, take a look at the battery life on the Stream as compaired to the
> Book Port. You'll recharge the Stream about 4 times to get the battery
> life of one set of batteries for the Book Port.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ" <green.russell@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:54 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
>
>
> : Hi Dave
> :
> : According to the features list it does include a "Built-in human
> : sounding text-to-speech (Nuance Vocalizer )" and "Text-to-speech
> : allows access to electronic text". I would like to find a copy of the
> : user manual to download or someone that has had hands on experience.
> :
> : Russ
> :
> :
> : On 6/30/07, David Allen <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> : > Hi Russ and list!
> : >
> : > Far as I can see from what I've read, the only advantage it offers is
> a
> : > speaker. That only for the things the two devices handle in common.
> It
> : > doesn't handle text, Word, HTML BRF or other non-Daisy marked files
> except
> : > for Audible, which I believe it plans to support. I think they felt
> they
> : > needed to have something for these conventions to keep their name out
> there
> : > and that's what they've thrown together. It may be available now, but
> not
> : > many Daisy books are, regardless of what device you choose.
> : >
> : > Cheers,
> : > Dave
> : > ----- Original Message -----
> : > From: "Russ" <green.russell@xxxxxxxxx>
> : > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:27 PM
> : > Subject: [bookport] Victor Reader Stream
> : >
> : >
> : > > Hi
> : > >
> : > > Has anyone tried the new Victor Reader Stream which at least based
> on
> : > > its features list is a strong competitor to the Bookport?
> : > >
> : > > The advantages it offers that interest me are a built-in speaker
> and
> : > > variable speed control on audio files. The features description
> on
> : > > the website is poorly done so I am not sure of many basic features
> but
> : > > it appears to have everything expected in the Bookport 2 and more
> and
> : > > it is available now.
> : > >
> : > >
> http://www.humanware.com/en-shared_content/products/digital_talking_books/portable_cd_and_flash_player/_details/id_81/victorreader_stream.html
> : > >
> : > > I wonder if this is why there are a few people currently selling
> their
> : > > booksport.
> : > >
> : > > Russ
> : > >
> : > >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
> :
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